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Musicians Who Died on April 13

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  • 1728 Johann Christoph Schmidt, German composer, dies at 63
  • 1742 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, dies at 59
  • 1822 Gaetano Valeri, Italian composer, dies at 61
  • 1825 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, dies at 66
  • 1826 Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, dies at 62
  • 1831 Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian composer, dies at 80
  • 1864 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, dies at 74
  • 1873 Carlo Coccia, Italian composer, dies at 90
  • 1886 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, pianist, and arranger, dies at 68
  • 1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, Basque priest, organist and composer of religious music, dies at 36
  • 1936 Milton Brown, American swing bandleader, dies at 32
  • 1944 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and 1st female composer awarded with Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1913), dies at 86
  • 1946 Valery Zhelobinsky, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 33
  • 1946 William Henry Bell, English composer, dies at 72
  • 1959 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician and conductor, dies at 58
  • 1960 Beverly Kenney American jazz singer ("I Hate Rock n' Roll"; "Born To Be Blue"), takes her on life at 28
  • 1974 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71
  • 1984 George Fierstone, British jazz and session drummer, (The Skyrockets), dies at 67
  • 1984 Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72
  • 1986 Dorothy Ashby (née Thompson), American jazz harpist, singer, and composer, dies of cancer at 53
  • 1986 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, commits suicide at 53
  • 1997 Gail Reese [Virginia Vieser], American big band and radio singer (Bunny Berigan, Glenn Miller), dies at 79
  • 2000 Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, dies at 94
  • 2005 Johnnie Johnson, American blues & jazz piano player (Chuck Berry's band), dies of kidney problems and pneumonia at 80
  • 2005 Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer, dies at 59
  • 2005 [Salvador] Tutti Camarata, American composer and producer (Vic Damone Show), dies at 91
  • 2013 Bernhard Krol, German hornist and composer (Figaro Metamorphoses), dies at 92 [1]
  • 2013 Chi Cheng, American Bassist (Deftones), dies at 42
  • 2013 Stephen Dodgson, British composer, dies at 89
  • 2016 Jeremy Steig, American jazz flutist ("Howlin' for Judy"; "Wayfaring Stranger"), dies of cancer at 73
  • 2020 Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer, bandleader, and synthesizer software programmer, dies at 73
  • 2022 Gloria Parker [Rosenthal], American marimbist, glasspiel player, songwriter (Clap Your Hands and Shake Your Blues Away), and bandleader, dies at 100 [1]


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